Responding to the fierce government and media campaign against civil society groups, this morning 39 human rights organizations submitted a complaint with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly andof Association, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, and the Special Rapporteur onHuman Rights …
Over 40 NGOs express their support for granting the ECOSOC Status to Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression
Your Excellency, As civil society organizations from throughout the African and Arab regions and around the world, we are writing to you to express our strong support and …
Bahrain authorities continue to abuse human rights advocates doctors reformers in absence of int… Accountability
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses its deep concern and total condemnation of the severe penalties targeting prominent political and advocacy figures in Bahrain whose only …
UN Human Rights Council: Double-standards tarnish positive initiatives at international rights body
International community fails to address human rights crisis in Bahrain (Geneva – 17 June 2011) On Friday, the UN Human Rights Council wrapped up its 17th Session, adopting a …
Joint NGO end of session statement Human Rights Council 17th session – June 2011
Mr President, This is a joint statement on behalf of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Human Rights …
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Meets with Defenders from the Arab World
On June 7, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) met with Ms. Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human …
Civil society organisations urge Human Rights Council to condemn crackdown in Bahrain and Yemen
Geneva. 7 June 2011. Silence by the international community in the face of the massive crackdown on protestors, civil society and the media in both Yemen and Bahrain makes …
Side Event “Transition”: Egypt and Tunisia
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the International Federation for Human Rights cordially invite you to a Side Event during the 17th Session of the Human Rights …
The Arab Protest Movements: Bahrain and Yemen in Focus
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Human Rights Watch and FIDH cordially invite you to a Side Event during the 17th …
(CIHRS) delivered an oral Intervention during UNHRC 17th Session “ID with SR on Extrajudicial and Summary Executions”
United Nations Human Rights Council 17th Session Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Oral Intervention Item 3: ID with SR on Extrajudicial and Summary Executions 31 May 2011 Delivered …
Situation in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt & Tunisia in an OI at the HRC
Thirteen Arab Human Rights Organizations call on the UN to:– Refer the situation in Syria and Yemen to the ICC– Hold a special session on Yemen and …
panel discussion: THE PRICE OF DISSENT
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and Euro-Med Human Rights Network invite you to an event on: THE PRICE OF DISSENT:HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF PRO-DEMOCRACY …
Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Libya
Urgent Appeal to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Chairperson of the …
Open Letter from Arab Civil Society Organizations to United Nations Security Council Members
Silence Is Not an Option!The UN Security Council must take a stronger stand on Syria Dear AmbassadorAs leaders of (224) civil society organizations from (18) countries across the Arab …
The African Union Mandates CIHRS to Conduct a Study on Freedom of Association in Africa
The African Commission for Human and People Rights (ACHPR) issued a resolution [ACHPR/Res.179 (XLIX) 2011] appointing the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and seven other African regional …